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nigericin

Antiport, electroneutral. Nigericin is a K+/H+ ionophore that alters K+ homeostasis & activates a plasma membrane ATPase (2).

Interactions

drug interactions

General

alcohol carboxylate ionophore other antibiotic

Properties

COMPARTMENT: membrane ION-PERMEABILITY: H+ K+

Database Correlations

PUBCHEM correlations

References

  1. Textbook of Biochemistry with Clinical Correlations, 3rd ed., TM Devlin (ed), Wiley-Liss, NY 1992 pg 232
  2. Kuida K, Lippke JA, Ku G, Harding MW, Livingston DJ, Su MS, Flavell RA. Altered cytokine export and apoptosis in mice deficient in interleukin-1 beta converting enzyme. Science. 1995 Mar 31;267(5206):2000-3. PMID: 7535475

Substructures

tetrahydropyran; oxacyclohexane tetrahydrofuran